Enhancing catalytic performance of dilute metal alloy nanomaterials

Luneau, Mathilde; Guan, Erjia; Chen, Wei; Foucher, Alexandre C.; Marcella, Nicholas; Shirman, Tanya; Verbart, David M.  A.; Aizenberg, Joanna; Aizenberg, Michael; Stach, Eric A.; Madix, Robert J.; Frenkel, Anatoly I.; Friend, Cynthia M.

doi:10.1038/s42004-020-0293-2

Title: Enhancing catalytic performance of dilute metal alloy nanomaterials

Journal Article · 09 April 2020 · Communications Chemistry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-020-0293-2 · OSTI ID:1616944

Luneau, Mathilde ^[1]; Guan, Erjia ^[2]; Chen, Wei ^[1];

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Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Dilute alloys are promising materials for sustainable chemical production; however, their composition and structure affect their performance. Herein, a comprehensive study of the effects of pretreatment conditions on the materials properties of Pd_0.04Au_0.96 nanoparticles partially embedded in porous silica is related to the activity for catalytic hydrogenation of 1-hexyne to 1-hexene. A combination of in situ characterization and theoretical calculations provide evidence that changes in palladium surface content are induced by treatment in oxygen, hydrogen and carbon monoxide at various temperatures. In turn, there are changes in hydrogenation activity because surface palladium is necessary for H₂ dissociation. These Pd_0.04Au_0.96 nanoparticles in the porous silica remain structurally intact under many cycles of activation and deactivation and are remarkably resistant to sintering, demonstrating that dilute alloy catalysts are highly dynamic systems that can be tuned and maintained in a active state.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; SC0012573; NNCI-1542153; DMR-1720530

OSTI ID:: 1616944

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1843583

Report Number(s):: BNL-215897-2020-JAAM

Journal Information:: Communications Chemistry, Vol. 3, Issue 1; ISSN 2399-3669

Publisher:: Springer NatureCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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